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Teachers told him he'd be incarcerated or dead by graduation – he proved them wrong

Life for Treon McClendon, now the assistant director of diversity recruitment and outreach at Indiana University, hasn't always been easy. He found himself in trouble a lot as a child but turned his life around and is more driven than ever.

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Teachers told him he'd be incarcerated or dead by graduation – he proved them wrong

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Life for Treon McClendon, now the assistant director of diversity recruitment and outreach at Indiana University, hasn't always been easy. He found himself in trouble a lot as a child but turned his life around and is more driven than ever.
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